This article does not include block items, which you can find a list of here.
The Creative inventory is filled with a wide variety of items.
An item is an object that exists only within the player's inventory and hands, or displayed in item frames, glow item frames, or armor stands.
Behavior
Some items, when used, place a block (ItemBlock) or entity (minecart, spawn eggs, etc.) version of themselves into the game world. Put simply, they are an item when in the inventory, and a block when placed. For example, boats turn into an entity when placed, and beds turn into a group of blocks when placed. When selected in the hotbar, items briefly display their names above the HUD.
The only method by which an item can be properly displayed within the game environment is to place it into an item frame.
If an item that does not become a block is dropped, it becomes an entity represented by a sprite that floats above the ground for 5 minutes in a loaded chunk before despawning, unless the player walks over it to pick it up before it despawns, it is picked up by a mob, hopper or minecart with hopper, or it is destroyed by fire, lava, cactus, or explosions.
A submerged object ascends towards the water’s edge. When the surface current is in motion, the object is propelled along with it.
Hoppers draw in any items that are placed above them.
Most items stack to 64, but some only stack to 16 and others not at all but all types of items can be stacked up to 127 through inventory editing.
List of items
Items that create blocks, fluids or entities
- Acacia Boat
- Acacia Boat with Chest
- Armor Stand
- Bamboo Raft
- Bamboo Raft with Chest
- Beetroot Seeds
- Birch Boat
- Birch Boat with Chest
- Bottle o' Enchanting
- Bow
- Bucket
- Bucket of Axolotl
- Bucket of Cod
- Bucket of Pufferfish
- Bucket of Salmon
- Bucket of Tadpole
- Bucket of Tropical Fish
- Carrot
- Cherry Boat
- Cherry Boat with Chest
- Cocoa Beans
- Crossbow
- Dark Oak Boat
- Dark Oak Boat with Chest
- Egg
- End Crystal
- Ender Pearl
- Eye of Ender
- Fire Charge
- Firework Rocket
- Fishing Rod
- Flint and Steel
- Glow Berries
- Glow Item Frame
- Item Frame
- Jungle Boat
- Jungle Boat with Chest
- Kelp
- Lava Bucket
- Lead
- Lingering Potion
- Mangrove Boat
- Mangrove Boat with Chest
- Melon Seeds
- Minecart
- Minecart with Chest
- Minecart with Command Block
- Minecart with Furnace[JE only]
- Minecart with Hopper
- Minecart with TNT
- Nether Wart
- Oak Boat
- Oak Boat with Chest
- Painting
- Pitcher Pod
- Potato
- Powder Snow Bucket
- Pumpkin Seeds
- Redstone Dust
- Snowball
- Splash Potion
- Spruce Boat
- Spruce Boat with Chest
- String
- Sweet Berries
- Torchflower Seeds
- Trident
- Water Bucket
- Wheat Seeds
Items with use in the world
These items, when highlighted in a player's hotbar (a.k.a "held"), held in the off hand, or equipped in an armor slot, can be used by either attack or use, or can serve a specific purpose (for example, offer the player advantage or disadvantage). Some can be used whenever, others only when aiming at specific blocks or entities.
- Amethyst Shard (to duplicate allays)
- Apple
- Arrow
- Baked Potato
- Beetroot
- Beetroot Soup
- Black Dye
- Blue Dye
- Bone
- Bone Meal
- Book (to interact with chiseled bookshelves)
- Book and Quill
- Bowl
- Bread
- Brown Dye
- Brush
- Bundle
- Carrot on a Stick
- Chainmail Boots
- Chainmail Chestplate
- Chainmail Helmet
- Chainmail Leggings
- Chorus Fruit
- Compass
- Cooked Chicken
- Cooked Cod
- Cooked Mutton
- Cooked Porkchop
- Cooked Rabbit
- Cooked Salmon
- Cookie
- Cyan Dye
- Debug Stick[JE only]
- Diamond Axe
- Diamond Boots
- Diamond Chestplate
- Diamond Helmet
- Diamond Hoe
- Diamond Horse Armor
- Diamond Leggings
- Diamond Pickaxe
- Diamond Shovel
- Diamond Sword
- Dried Kelp
- Elytra
- Empty Map
- Enchanted Book (to interact with chiseled bookshelves)
- Enchanted Golden Apple
- Goat Horn
- Glass Bottle
- Glow Ink Sac
- Gold Ingot
- Golden Apple
- Golden Axe
- Golden Boots
- Golden Carrot
- Golden Chestplate
- Golden Helmet
- Golden Hoe
- Golden Horse Armor
- Golden Leggings
- Golden Pickaxe
- Golden Shovel
- Golden Sword
- Gray Dye
- Green Dye
- Honeycomb
- Honey Bottle
- Ink Sac
- Iron Axe
- Iron Boots
- Iron Chestplate
- Iron Helmet
- Iron Hoe
- Iron Horse Armor
- Iron Ingot (to heal iron golems)
- Iron Leggings
- Iron Pickaxe
- Iron Shovel
- Iron Sword
- Knowledge Book[JE only]
- Lapis Lazuli (as a dye)[BE only]
- Leather Boots
- Leather Cap
- Leather Horse Armor
- Leather Pants
- Leather Tunic
- Light Blue Dye
- Light Gray Dye
- Lime Dye
- Magenta Dye
- Map or Explorer Map
- Melon Slice
- Milk Bucket
- Mushroom Stew
- Music Disc (5)
- Music Disc (11)
- Music Disc (13)
- Music Disc (Blocks)
- Music Disc (Cat)
- Music Disc (Chirp)
- Music Disc (Far)
- Music Disc (Mall)
- Music Disc (Mellohi)
- Music Disc (Otherside)
- Music Disc (Pigstep)
- Music Disc (Relic)
- Music Disc (Stal)
- Music Disc (Strad)
- Music Disc (Wait)
- Music Disc (Ward)
- Name Tag
- Netherite Axe
- Netherite Boots
- Netherite Chestplate
- Netherite Helmet
- Netherite Hoe
- Netherite Leggings
- Netherite Pickaxe
- Netherite Shovel
- Netherite Sword
- Orange Dye
- Pink Dye
- Poisonous Potato
- Potions
- Pufferfish
- Pumpkin Pie
- Purple Dye
- Rabbit Stew
- Raw Beef
- Raw Chicken
- Raw Cod
- Raw Mutton
- Raw Porkchop
- Raw Rabbit
- Raw Salmon
- Red Dye
- Rotten Flesh
- Saddle
- Shears
- Shield
- Spectral Arrow[JE only]
- Spider Eye
- Spyglass
- Steak
- Stone Axe
- Stone Hoe
- Stone Pickaxe
- Stone Shovel
- Stone Sword
- Sugar
- Suspicious Stew
- Tipped Arrow
- Totem of Undying
- Tropical Fish
- Turtle Shell
- Warped Fungus on a Stick
- Wheat
- White Dye
- Wooden Axe
- Wooden Hoe
- Wooden Pickaxe
- Wooden Shovel
- Wooden Sword
- Written Book
- Yellow Dye
Items with indirect use in the world
The player cannot interact with or directly use these items; however, they are used for trading, brewing, enchanting, or crafting ingredients for other items that do have direct uses. The exception is clocks, which are not used in any recipes but serve an informative function.
- Angler Pottery Sherd
- Archer Pottery Sherd
- Arms Up Pottery Sherd
- Banner Pattern (Bordure Indented)[BE only]
- Banner Pattern (Creeper Charge)
- Banner Pattern (Field Masoned)[BE only]
- Banner Pattern (Flower Charge)
- Banner Pattern (Globe)
- Banner Pattern (Skull Charge)
- Banner Pattern (Snout)
- Banner Pattern (Thing)
- Blade Pottery Sherd
- Blaze Powder
- Blaze Rod
- Brewer Pottery Sherd
- Brick
- Burn Pottery Sherd
- Charcoal
- Clay Ball
- Clock
- Coal
- Coast Armor Trim
- Copper Ingot
- Danger Pottery Sherd
- Diamond
- Disc Fragment
- Dragon's Breath
- Dune Armor Trim
- Echo Shard
- Emerald
- Explorer Pottery Sherd
- Eye Armor Trim
- Feather
- Fermented Spider Eye
- Firework Star
- Flint
- Friend Pottery Sherd
- Ghast Tear
- Glistering Melon Slice
- Glowstone Dust
- Gold Nugget
- Gunpowder
- Heart of the Sea
- Heart Pottery Sherd
- Heartbreak Pottery Sherd
- Host Armor Trim
- Howl Pottery Sherd
- Ink Sac
- Iron Ingot
- Iron Nugget
- Lapis Lazuli
- Leather
- Magma Cream
- Miner Pottery Sherd
- Mourner Pottery Sherd
- Nautilus Shell
- Nether Brick
- Nether Quartz
- Nether Star
- Netherite Ingot
- Netherite Scrap
- Netherite Upgrade
- Paper
- Phantom Membrane
- Plenty Pottery Sherd
- Popped Chorus Fruit
- Prismarine Crystals
- Prismarine Shard
- Prize Pottery Sherd
- Rabbit Hide
- Rabbit's Foot
- Raiser Armor Trim
- Raw Copper
- Raw Gold
- Raw Iron
- Recovery Compass
- Rib Armor Trim
- Scute
- Sentry Armor Trim
- Shaper Armor Trim
- Sheaf Pottery Sherd
- Shelter Pottery Sherd
- Shulker Shell
- Silence Armor Trim
- Skull Pottery Sherd
- Slimeball
- Snort Pottery Sherd
- Spire Armor Trim
- Stick
- Tide Armor Trim
- Vex Armor Trim
- Ward Armor Trim
- Wayfinder Armor Trim
- Wild Armor Trim
Spawn eggs
Spawn eggs spawn the entity inside them. They cannot be obtained in Survival mode.
- Allay Spawn Egg
- Axolotl Spawn Egg
- Bat Spawn Egg
- Bee Spawn Egg
- Blaze Spawn Egg
- Camel Spawn Egg
- Cat Spawn Egg
- Cave Spider Spawn Egg
- Chicken Spawn Egg
- Cod Spawn Egg
- Cow Spawn Egg
- Creeper Spawn Egg
- Dolphin Spawn Egg
- Donkey Spawn Egg
- Drowned Spawn Egg
- Elder Guardian Spawn Egg
- Ender Dragon Spawn Egg
- Enderman Spawn Egg
- Endermite Spawn Egg
- Evoker Spawn Egg
- Fox Spawn Egg
- Frog Spawn Egg
- Ghast Spawn Egg
- Glow Squid Spawn Egg
- Goat Spawn Egg
- Guardian Spawn Egg
- Hoglin Spawn Egg
- Horse Spawn Egg
- Husk Spawn Egg
- Iron Golem Spawn Egg
- Llama Spawn Egg
- Magma Cube Spawn Egg
- Mooshroom Spawn Egg
- Mule Spawn Egg
- Spawn NPC[Bedrock Edition only]
- Ocelot Spawn Egg
- Panda Spawn Egg
- Parrot Spawn Egg
- Phantom Spawn Egg
- Pig Spawn Egg
- Piglin Spawn Egg
- Piglin Brute Spawn Egg
- Pillager Spawn Egg
- Polar Bear Spawn Egg
- Pufferfish Spawn Egg
- Rabbit Spawn Egg
- Ravager Spawn Egg
- Salmon Spawn Egg
- Sheep Spawn Egg
- Shulker Spawn Egg
- Silverfish Spawn Egg
- Skeleton Horse Spawn Egg
- Skeleton Spawn Egg
- Slime Spawn Egg
- Sniffer Spawn Egg
- Snow Golem Spawn Egg
- Spider Spawn Egg
- Squid Spawn Egg
- Stray Spawn Egg
- Strider Spawn Egg
- Tadpole Spawn Egg
- Trader Llama Spawn Egg
- Tropical Fish Spawn Egg
- Turtle Spawn Egg
- Vex Spawn Egg
- Villager Spawn Egg
- Vindicator Spawn Egg
- Wandering Trader Spawn Egg
- Warden Spawn Egg
- Witch Spawn Egg
- Wither Skeleton Spawn Egg
- Wither Spawn Egg
- Wolf Spawn Egg
- Zoglin Spawn Egg
- Zombie Horse Spawn Egg
- Zombie Spawn Egg
- Zombie Villager Spawn Egg
- Zombified Piglin Spawn Egg
Education Edition only
These items can be accessed only in Minecraft Education. The spawn agent, portfolio, and camera are obtainable through Creative mode and the /give command. The Garbage item is only obtainable through unknown Lab Table recipes or via inventory editing.
- Agent Spawn Egg
- Antidote
- Black Balloon
- Bleach
- Blue Balloon
- Blue Glow Stick
- Blue Sparkler
- Board
- Brown Balloon
- Brown Glow Stick
- Camera
- Compounds
- Cyan Balloon
- Cyan Glow Stick
- Elixir
- Eye Drops
- Gray Balloon
- Gray Glow Stick
- Green Balloon
- Green Glow Stick
- Green Sparkler
- Ice Bomb
- Light Blue Balloon
- Light Blue Glow Stick
- Lime Balloon
- Lime Glow Stick
- Magenta Balloon
- Magenta Glow Stick
- Orange Balloon
- Orange Glow Stick
- Orange Sparkler
- Photo
- Pink Balloon
- Pink Glow Stick
- Portfolio
- Poster
- Purple Balloon
- Purple Glow Stick
- Purple Sparkler
- Red Balloon
- Red Glow Stick
- Red Sparkler
- Silver Balloon
- Slate
- Spawn NPC
- Super Fertilizer
- Tonic
- White Balloon
- White Glow Stick
- Yellow Balloon
- Yellow Glow Stick
Unimplemented items
Some items are unimplemented, or have been mentioned to be implemented in the future.
Removed items
Removed items no longer exist in current versions of the game.
Joke items
Joke items are only present in April Fools versions of the game.
- 3D
- A Very Fine Item
- Ankle Monitor
- Arrow of Big
- Arrow of Small
- Banner Pattern (New Thing)
- Blue Key
- Bit
- Bottle of Entity
- Bottle of Void
- Byte Tag
- Compound Tag
- Double Tag
- Float Tag
- Footprint
- Int Tag
- La Baguette
- Le Tricolore
- Left Curly
- Left Square
- Lingering Potion of Big
- Lingering Potion of Small
- List Tag
- Long Tag
- Longer String
- minecraft:dupe_hack
- Moon Cow Spawn Egg
- Name
- Obsidian Boat
- Potion of Big
- Potion of Small
- Reality Vision
- Red Key
- Right Curly
- Right Square
- Short Tag
- Smarter Watch
- Splash Bottle of Entity
- Splash Potion of Big
- Splash Potion of Small
- Sssyntax Error
- String Tag
- Tag
- Yellow Key
Video
History
Item additions and removals
Other changes
| Java Edition Classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST | Arrows were added as an object and were fired by pressing Tab ↹. | ||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
| December 31, 2009 | Added the inventory, and with it, the first "non-tile" items. | ||||
| Notch was hard at work making items and the inventory fully functional.[1][2] | |||||
| 0.31 | 20100111-1 | Because the crafting system did not exist at this point, items were automatically added to the inventory after creating a new world.[3] | |||
| Apples were added, but they currently serve no function. | |||||
| 20100122 | Can now place blocks on resource items | ||||
| Dropped items now experience gravity. | |||||
| 20100124 | Can now drop a whole stack of items instead of just one at a time. | ||||
| 20100128 | Items are now 3D. | ||||
| 20100129 | Added crafting. | ||||
| Right-clicking drops one of a stack. | |||||
| 20100130 | Crafting improved; now has 36 recipes. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w15a | Stackable items now stack outside inventory when thrown to the ground individually. | |||
| 1.8 | 14w25a | All items are now models, some are still generated from item icons. | |||
| Resource packs can make models for all items. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w49a | Items can be "tagged" with an ID. | |||
| 1.15 | 19w39a | Lighting of blocks in the inventory has been swapped from being dark on the right to being dark on the left. | |||
| 19w40a | Lighting of blocks in the inventory is once again darker on the right, as it was before 19w39a. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.15.0.51 | Dropped items now turn into a 3D model and spin. | |||
April Fools items
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15w14a | Added the obsidian boat. | ||||
| 1.RV-Pre1 | Added ankle monitors, reality vision glasses and the smarter watch. | ||||
| 3D Shareware v1.34 | Added the 3D item and the blue, red, and yellow keys. | ||||
| 20w14∞ | Added the very fine item and the footprints. | ||||
| 23w13a or b | Added the Bottle of entity and their splash variations, bottle of void, potion of Big and Small and their splash, lingering, and arrow variations, la baguette, le tricolore, 17 tag items, new thing banner pattern, dupe hack, and longer string. | ||||
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